Original British WWI Hotchkiss .303 Machine Gun Ammunition Box and Belt for Mark V Tank Hand Select:No This is quite a scarce

This is quite a scarce WW2 item

which is held in place by a hole down through the "spike" on the Helmet Top

however to confuse matters

When the heating lot codes are present it is often on the outer top dome of the helmet instead of the inside

Here we have found a very few

Original British WWI Hotchkiss .303 Machine Gun Ammunition Box and Belt for Mark V Tank Hand Select:No This is quite a scarceOriginal Item: Thought you'd heard it all, seen it all at IMA hadn't you? We had. We had no idea such a specialized item existed. The Mark V tanks went into action in 1918 and were manned in action by both British and American crews. It was armed with either two six pounder cannon and four Mk I Hotchkiss machine guns or just six Mk I Hotchkiss machine guns and no cannon. The Mk I Hotchkiss guns sold by IMA as parts sets are the tank version of the gun